Where does “sūfan” come from?

sūfan (Old High German) comes from Proto-West Germanic *sūpan, from Proto-Germanic sūpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sewb-.

sūfan (Old High German): to slurp, drink

Definitions

  1. to slurp, drink

Ancestry of “sūfan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanic*sūpanto drink greedily, slurp
2Proto-Germanicsūpanąto drink; sip; slurp; gulp
3Proto-Indo-European*sewb-—

Words derived from “sūfan”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European *sewb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sūpaną →Every word from Proto-West Germanic *sūpan →
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